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A civic accountability organisation, Tracka, has raised the alarm over the non-implementation of a classroom project in Osun State despite the disbursement of funds to the effect. According to the organisation, N47 million was disbursed for the Construction of four Classrooms at Iwo Muslim Comprehensive Junior School, Iwo Local Government…
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The Senator representing Osun East, Francis Fadahunsi, and the lawmaker representing Ife Federal Constituency, Hon. Taofeek Ajilesoro, celebrated former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on the occasion of his 69th birthday. Senator Fadahunsi, in a congratulatory message on his Facebook page, described Omisore as his brother and…
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The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of another dead body at Mayfair Garage, Ile-Ife, following the violent clash which occurred on Sunday. It would be recalled that an ally of Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olalekan Oyeyemi, was shot dead at the garage by suspected hoodlums. Providing an update…
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The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday, commissioned the renovated Ife Girls’ High School, Eleyele, Ile-Ife, Osun State This was as he announced university scholarships for the three best-performing students of the school in their next school certificate examinations. Adeniyi challenged the students…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has faulted Governor Ademola Adeleke over his directive to immediately transition to a state-run Park Management System, describing it as illegal and unconstitutional. It would be recalled that Governor Adeleke, following the violent incident in Ile-Ife on Sunday, where Olalekan…
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The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of creating a vicious cycle of poverty among Nigerians. Atiku made this known in a statement signed by his spokesman, Phrank Shaibu, in which he said the Tinubu government’s effort to justify the removal of…
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, to ensure the release of all funds approved for the regional commissions. Tinubu gave the directive on Monday at the North Central Development Commission Summit, themed “The Great Leap Forward: A 20-Year Economic Infrastructure and…
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President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that he acquired his first private jet at the age of 22 and a half. Dangote disclosed this on Monday while speaking at the Nigerian Exchange in Lagos during the formal launch of the Initial Public Offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery…
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The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a father, his son and one other person over alleged theft and sale of electrical cables removed temporarily during road construction activities in Agbona Village, Iwo. The suspects were identified as Taliatu Olunlade (60); Wasiu…
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The senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Lere Oyewumi, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the ongoing reconstruction of the Ibadan–Ikire–Ife–Ilesha Road. In a statement on his Facebook page on Monday, Oyewumi, who is the Senate deputy minority leader, described the project as a timely intervention that will bring…
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